Small terrestrial mammal distributions in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia: a reassessment after 88 years

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F20%3A00118129" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/20:00118129 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68081766:_____/20:00524163
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/771428" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1101/771428</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa040" target="_blank" >10.1093/jmammal/gyaa040</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Small terrestrial mammal distributions in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia: a reassessment after 88 years
Original language description
Despite the presence of mostly endemic species, the most comprehensive data set on the distribution and ecology of small mammals inhabiting Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) dated from 1927. The study we carried out and report here provides a unique opportunity to assess the possible role of climate change over the last 88 years on the elevational distribution of mammals in the Ethiopian highlands. Between September and November 2015, three of us (EWC, WTS, YM) collected nonvolant small mammals at four sites (2,900, 3,250, 3,600, and 4,000 m a.s.l.) along the western slope of the Simien Mountains using standardized sampling. Over a 4-week period we recorded 13 species, comprising 11 species of rodents and two of shrews, all endemic to the Ethiopian Plateau. We found the greatest species richness at mid-elevations (3,250 m), consistent with a general pattern found on many other mountains worldwide, but less so in Africa. We compared our species distribution results to the 1927 data set and found upward elevational shifts in species' ranges, highlighting the role and influence of climate change on the small mammal community. SMNP represents an exceptionally valuable core area of endemism and the best protected natural habitat in northern Ethiopia.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-17398S" target="_blank" >GA18-17398S: Evolution at steep elevational gradients: assessing the role of genetic and ecological factors in speciation process</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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